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Ryan on the Runway: M the C season 3, ep 7

This was the second-to-last episode, the ramp up to the finale. I had a strong feeling that Georgia was not going to be the winner. But...

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Sep 25, 20222 min read

CDA: Henry Silva and Pharaoh Sanders

I have to admit that it's a name I didn't recognize but the face I certainly recognized. I've seen many of his movies but the best is...

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Sep 24, 20221 min read

Fabulous Friday: J Hud, "The Jeffersons"

Oh yes! Turning the sh-t out. What a voice, what a sublime entertainer.

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Sep 23, 20221 min read

Ryan on the Runway: M the C season 3, ep 6

Wow, I hadn't noticed that Jeanette was a two-time winner. Brava for her. The challenge: create a two-look collection that represents...

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Sep 22, 20223 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for Sept 21, 2022

We've gotten to the final EGOT on the list! Jennifer Hudson is #17. Diva: *Dreamgirls* Mensch: *Baba Yaga* Richard, my best friend Karen,...

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Sep 21, 20221 min read

Fabulous Friday: A. Menken and the Leading Ladies

This is cute!

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Sep 16, 20221 min read

CDA: Godard, Lewis, Starr - - and Gorbachev

My brother Howard alerted me to the death of three people: first, Jean-Luc Godard, one of the most important directors of the French New...

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Sep 15, 20221 min read

Diva/Mensch pair for Sept 14, 2022

EGOT #16 is Alan Menken. He was expected to be the next EGOT back in 2013, when I first became a student of the EGOT. It took him a few...

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Sep 14, 20222 min read

Ryan on the Runway: M the C, season 3 ep 5

Oh goody, this is the episode where Jeremy has a big temper tantrum! The bread and buttah of every competiton series. Remember the...

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Sep 12, 20223 min read

Fabulous Friday: John Legend, "Feeling Good"

Such a tremendous moment!

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Sep 9, 20221 min read

CDA: Queen Elizabeth II

I can't remember the last time a celebrity death made me tear up. Maybe Peggy Lee? Maybe not. I got a phone call from Richard - - a text...

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Sep 8, 20221 min read

Diva/Mensch pair for Sept 7, 2022

EGOT #15 is John Legend. Diva: "Ordinary People" Mensch: *Cornerstones: Founding Voices of the Black Church* Oh Lord he is so handsome,...

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Sep 7, 20222 min read

Ryan on the Runway: M the C, season 3 ep 4

The challenge: they needed to collaborate as a team to create a cohesive seven-look collection. Heidi stressed that they also needed the...

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Sep 5, 20223 min read

Travelogue from London trip a few weeks ago

Hello beloved readers! I just posted a travelogue from a trip that Richard and I made a few weeks ago, to London....

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Sep 3, 20221 min read

Fabulous Friday: Tim Rice interview

He seems like a charming chap!

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Sep 2, 20221 min read

Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 31, 2022

EGOT #14 is Tim Rice. If you look at his list of awards below, you'll see that 8 of the 12 awards are for either *Evita* or *Aladdin.* So...

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Aug 31, 20221 min read

Ryan on the Runway: M the C, season 3 ep 3

I felt like we still had a lot to learn about our designers. It was only the third episode so I guess that’s to be expected. The...

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Aug 28, 20223 min read

Fabulous Friday: ALW Love Trio

I saw this on a PBS special years ago and while I didn't love all three of the songs I loved the women who were singing them and was...

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Aug 26, 20221 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for Aug 24, 2022

September 17, 2018 was a momentous day in the history of the EGOT. There were THREE new EGOTs made that night! Can you imagine. Andrew...

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Aug 24, 20221 min read

Ryan on the Runway: Making the Cut, season 2, eps 1 & 2

I got a text from my beloved friend Laura the other day saying that season 3 of *Making the Cut* had started on Amazon. Hell to the yes!...

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Aug 21, 20226 min read

Sybarite5 and Curtis Stewart, Nov 3 2025

I heard Sybarite5 at Music Mondays on Nov 3, 2025. They're a string quintet - - two violins, viola, cello, and bass. I heard them in an online concert during lockdown n 2020. I just read that review and I appeared to enjoy the 2020 concert more than this latest one. Maybe I was more eager for a satisfying cultural experience? Or maybe it was just better. They opened with "Movement and Locations" by The Punch Brothers. It had a great energy but the cello solo at the beginning

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Fabulous Friday: Aretha Franklin

I had a tribute to Wanda Jackson a few weeks ago. My brother Howard has a signed picture of her in his locker at work! I told him, "That's not Wanda Jackson, that's Lynn Redgrave in a bad wig." Bless her heart. Or in this case, rest her soul! OK now for this week's fierce rock and roll woman: the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, an American treasure. One of a kind, the world would not be the same without her. Can we all agree that this was one of the greatest moments in televi

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3 days ago1 min read